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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I can't say I agree. Sometimes it happens, but often other states view California as a bit on the crazy side -- they'll wait and see how it works in a more "sane" state.
This characterization bothers me. While I believe on ethical, moral and religious grounds that everyone should have access to good healthcare, I think people can disagree about how to make that happen without having to be characterized as hypocrites. Unless you want to suggest that we should have a theocracy in this country, then there are valid, non-hypocritical, arguments that the taxing power of the government is not the proper or best way to achieve accessable healthcare for everyone.
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I agree that there are a number of ways to achieve a more fair health care system. However, my statement was specifically geared toward (and perhaps I should have made the statement more directly to those that I had in mind) those who claim to be Christians and have a sense of disdain and resentment toward the poorer people and more disadvantaged in this society and allow those sentiments to guide their feelings about how this society in general and health care in particular is run and who has access to what. These types of people seem to have a great deal of influence in our society from what I have observed and it is a big problem in my opinion.
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